First Prominent Hill shipment set for export

OZ Minerals says the first shipment of concentrates from its Prominent Hill mine in outback South Australia is due to be exported out of Darwin this week.

More than 5,500 ounces of gold was produced in the first few months of operations at Prominent Hill, while copper from the mine was about 15 per cent of the company's total copper production for the March quarter.

OZ Minerals says the Prominent Hill plant reached 80 per cent of capacity and production is on schedule to meet expectations for the year.

The company says most construction contractors have left the site and the mine will be officially handed over to operations management on Friday.

The mine is not part of a $1.7 billion OZ Minerals assets sale to Chinese-owned Minmetals.